Chuck Pagano among 3 DC candidates Cardinals will consider

The Arizona Cardinals have their head coach in place but now are looking to fill the coaching staff. A very important hire will be their defensive coordinator, as new head coach Kliff Kingsbury has no coaching experience in the NFL or any significant NFL coaching ties.

The team seeks a veteran defensive coordinator who ideally has had head coaching experience and is willing to run a 3-4 defense, which the Cardinals ran for years up until this season.

According to Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s John Gambadoro, there are at least candidates who the team is considering. All are 3-4 defensive coaches. All have been head coaches.

They are Chuck Pagano, Mike Nolan and Dom Capers.

Here are some names that will be considered for the Defensive Coordinator job of the Arizona Cardinals – Chuck Pagano, Mike Nolan and Dom Capers.

Pagano was defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens in 2011 and coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2012-2017.

Nolan has extensive NFL experience. He was head coach of the San Francisco 49ers from 2005-2008, but before that, he was a defensive coordinator from 1993-2004 for the New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens. Then he was a DC again 2009-2014 with the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons.

Capers was a head coach for eight years, four with the Carolina Panthers and four with the Houston Texans. He was a defensive coordinator 17 seasons for four different teams.

All fit the bill.

There are quite possibly others, but those are the names to know for now.